City Stage & Friends

Matt Love is the owner of Love Creative, a video production company focusing on documentary style videos for non profit organizations. In this episode we talk about all things video production including Matt's fascinating start playing poker in Las Vegas, transitioning into broadcast production as a camera operator, to traveling the world for a travel channel based in Illinois.

Jim McKenzie has had a career in the creative industry for over 30 years. Starting out working in creative agencies and now for the last twenty years running his own video production company. Aside from that, Jim has also been involved in martial arts for numerous decades. We discuss everything from being a creative to pushing yourself to do hard and difficult things and getting out of the comfort zone. Jim draws a lot of parallels in running his business to being a mixed martial arts coach.

Chris Prete is a creative director for a Fortune 500 company with over 25 years in the creative industry. Chris is also a screen writer and director.

Jude & Holly are local makeup and hair artists that work in a variety of industries including, video production, photography, and fashion.

Luis has worked in the wedding industry as a photographer for over a decade and has recently started in video content and wedding films. Entrepreneurship has always been a part of him, even in his childhood years. 

Neil Bloom is a Rockford filmmaker and works in video production under his production company, Future Memory Media. Neil recently collaborated with local filmmakers and shot his own short film in Rockford, Illinois.

Frank Slowinksi is a Rockford creative working in video and music production. In this fun conversation we discuss the process of coming up with creative ideas, the importance of finding your tribe, and how to balance all your creative passions.

Colin Gregory is a DP in Rockford and owner of a production company, Sinclair Collective. Collin talks about how organization has helped him in his business and we break down a recent project for a local company in Rockford.

Photographers in the Rockford area, Jesse and Jen discuss their commercial photography business. How they started, how they transitioned from weddings and into commercial photography, as well as the nuances of running a creative business.